What determines what type of reference a cell is, is how it is typed, not what happens when you copy it. It is the type of reference that influences how it changes when it is copied, not the other way around. If the formula does not change at all, it would be an absolute reference. The cell references would all have 2 dollars, like $C$5. If it does change, it can be either a mixed or a relative reference. A mixed reference will have one dollar sign, either $C5 or C$5. What direction it is copied will and how it changes, is determined by which dollar you have. The first dollar locks the column, and the second dollar locks the row. A relative reference has no dollars. Copying a formula from C13 to D13, will change the column references only, so if the cell reference is the first kind of mixed, then it won't change.
Normally it would be a relative address, but depending on what you want to do with the formula, you could have it as an absolute or mixed cell reference. If the cell reference is the same as the cell that the formula is in, you will have a circular reference.
A relative cell reference is one that changes when a formula is copied. It has no dollar symbols in it. There are 3 types of cell reference: Relative, Mixed and Absolute.B3 is a relative reference. $B3 or B$3 are mixed references. $B$3 is an absolute reference.Relative cell references change, but the cell itself does not change.Relative
A relative reference will change and a mixed reference will partially change. See the related question below.
Cell references in a formula don't change if they are moved. Relative references will change if they are copied. Mixed references may change, depending on the type of mixed reference and which direction they are copied.
Mixed reference
If there is only one dollar used like $A1 or A$1 then it is known as a mixed reference. A relative reference has no dollars, like A1, and an absolute reference has two dollar signs, like $A$1.
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A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.A relative reference will change. A mixed reference may change, depending on the way it is copied. If the column is locked and the formula is copied down, then it will change. If the row is locked and you copy across, then it will change.
You can type in the dollars before the column and row in the cell reference, so A3 could become $A$3 in the formula. While you are typing a cell reference in a formula, pressing the F4 key will cycle through the relative, absolute and mixed cell references, so that is another way of doing it.
It can change the reference type of the cell in a formula as it is being typed. It changes it from relative to absolute, mixed with a row locked, mixed with a column locked and back to relative. If you were typing A1 you would get the follow sequence: =A1 =A$1 =$A1 =$A$1 =A1
A mixed reference has only one dollar symbol. An absolute reference has two dollar symbols: $A3 is mixed. A$3 is mixed. $A$3 is absolute. A3 is relative. A mixed reference only locks the column or only the row, when copying a formula. In most instances where people use an absolute reference, a mixed reference would work. Most formulas are either copied down or across, but rarely both down and across. If you were using A3 in a formula and wanted to make it absolute, then you consider these things: If a formula is copied down, then it is only necessary to lock the row, so A$3 is sufficient. If a formula is copied across, then it is only necessary to lock the column, so $A3 is sufficient. In both cases, $A$3 would work, but depending on which direction you are copying, you would only need one of the mixed forms. As most people don't know the way mixed references can be used, they just use an absolute. It is only if a formula is being copied into a block, so both down and across, that an absolute is needed.